Feature Stories

Parent and child working on homework.

School's Out

Research Reveals Standardized Tests Have Negative Impact on Parents' Civic Engagement
I love UMass sticker on door with High Performance Computers in background

Data Science

UMass Amherst Leads Way for High Performance Computing in the Life Sciences
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Innovation Challenge 2014

Student entrepreneurs compete for $50,000
Two birds perching infront of a cityscape

Urban Ecology

Bird and plant species more diverse worldwide than expected says study
Kathryn McDermott with two of her students in the classroom

Student Achievement

Examining policy effects on equity and performance
Three small model wind turbines

Blade Runner

Engineering the next generation of turbines for wind energy
Bees pollinating a yellow flower

Floral Transmitters

Researchers offer first systematic review and recommendations on disease transmission via flowers
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Making Data Count

Advancing biostatistical methods to improve public health
Network viisualization of political action committee contributions to candidates

Networked Decision-Making

Analyzing big data to understand complex social systems
Electronic tag for visually impaired on elevator sign

Underground PERCEPTion

Technology developed at UMass Amherst will help the visually impaired navigate Boston subway
Visual comparison of the shapes of bat skulls

Natural Selection

Researchers develop new tool to identify biodiversity targets
Akshaya Shanmugam and Jalil Johnson

A Meeting of Minds

Hluchyj Fellows combine nursing and engineering to improve clinical health care

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